Journal article
Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional biomimetic chiral composites
Optics Express, Vol.19(10), pp.10001-10008
2011
Abstract
Here we show the fabrication and characterization of a novel class of biomimetic photonic chiral composites inspired by a recent finding in butterfly wing-scales. These three-dimensional networks have cubic symmetry, are fully interconnected, have robust mechanical strength and possess chirality which can be controlled through the composition of multiple chiral networks, providing an excellent platform for developing novel chiral materials. Using direct laser writing we have fabricated different types of chiral composites that can be engineered to form novel photonic devices. We experimentally show strong circular dichroism and compare with numerical simulations to illustrate the high quality of these three-dimensional photonic structures.
Details
- Title
- Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional biomimetic chiral composites
- Authors/Creators
- M.D. Turner (Author/Creator)G.E. Schröder-Turk (Author/Creator) - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergM. Gu (Author/Creator) - Swinburne University of Technology
- Publication Details
- Optics Express, Vol.19(10), pp.10001-10008
- Publisher
- OSA Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005546360107891
- Copyright
- © 2011 OSA
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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